adapt a plow to a QA

[enterprisebbc]

How do you go about adapting a plow that came from a truck with a truck mount to a QA? Can the mount be purchased and then welded to the plow? Any help???

 

[Tomtint]

I took a fisher truck plow and cut it off where it mounted to the truck ( in front of the pins) and welded it to a skid steer blank plate. Ran some new hoses and a couple restrict or valves. It works great. I have seen other guys weld bosses and pin a plow on and use a chain to lift it. But welding it solid allows me to get down pressure when plowing hard packed snow.

 

[rayclar]

this is how i did mine

 

[nybirdman]

There are several ways to do this,first thing is to purchase a blank SS adapter plate.Mine floats with a chain.If I were to do it again I would shorten as much as possible.

 

[enterprisebbc]

this is how i did mine

Man, a picture is worth a 1000 words. Thanks

 

[enterprisebbc]

There are several ways to do this,first thing is to purchase a blank SS adapter plate.Mine floats with a chain.If I were to do it again I would shorten as much as possible.

Very interesting Thanks

 

[enterprisebbc]

There are several ways to do this,first thing is to purchase a blank SS adapter plate.Mine floats with a chain.If I were to do it again I would shorten as much as possible.

Hey, is that a Britiany. I had 1 a long time ago. I think maybe its time. Great dog

 

[Buckgnarly]

I am going with an old Speedcast style, the old Fisher conventionals. The good thing about those is no pump/light/headunit like the newer MinuteMounts, just a blade with pistons and A frame. Plus e blades themselves are becoming a dime a dozen up here as no one runs the old ones much anymore. 70 bucks got me a 7.5' blade that needed a tiny bit of welding.

I have been planning it in my head all year and was convinced to mount the blade as far back as possibe but changed my mind recently. My tractor will not be the primary plow, I have two trucks for that. What the tractor will do is push piles further than the truck and knock down the walls build up by the truck. For that reason, I will be going with a SSQA plate and welding a Speedcast pushbar to it. I actually want the plow out far to push snow dwnhills or off driveways. Something to think about when designing.

 

[nwltruck]

When converting my dads we welded the QT plate flat on the A frame for the plow. This allows him to lift the blade vertical to make more room in his shed. I'll post pics if I can get over there soon.

 

[nybirdman]

Hey, is that a Britiany. I had 1 a long time ago. I think maybe its time. Great dog

No,it is an orange and white Elhew English Pointer.They also come in black and white and liver and white.We have had all three.We see all kinds of dogs on our preserve including Brittany's.